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Clarinbridge
Droichead an Chláirín | |
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Village | |
 River Clarin | |
  Clarinbridge Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°13′46″N 8°52′42″W / 53.2295°N 8.8782°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Galway |
| Elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 905 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | M409203 |
Clarinbridge or Clarenbridge[2] (Irish: Droichead an Chláirín)[3] is a village in south County Galway, Ireland. It is on the mouth of the Clarin River at the end of Dunbulcaun Bay, which is the easternmost part of Galway Bay.
Clarinbridge was formerly known as Áth-cliath-Meadhraidhe, i.e. the Ford of Hurdles of Maaree, which is the name of the peninsula running into Galway bay to the west of the village. In medieval Ireland this place marked the western terminus of the Esker Riada, which separated the northern from the southern half of Ireland, the eastern terminus being Áth-cliath-Cualann, or Dublin.[4] These two places also marked the ends of one of the Five Great Roads of medieval Ireland, the Slige Mhór.[5]
The village is 13 km south-east of Galway city centre (18 km by road). There are bus services, notably Bus Éireann's route 51 which runs between Galway, Limerick and Cork.[6]
Notable people
[edit]- Alexander Young, recipient of the Victoria Cross
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Profile 1 - Population Distribution and Movement F1015 - Population: Clarinbridge, Co. Galway". Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ Dowzard-Mee, Sheena (14 March 2017). "Hillpark- known later as Clarinbridge/Clarenbridge". Galway County Heritage Office. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "Droichead an Chláirín/Clarinbridge". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ P. W. Joyce, The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places vol. 2, p. 224, M. H. Gill and Son, Dublin (1912)
- ^ Ruth Dudley Edwards, Bridget Hourican, An Atlas of Irish History, Third Edition, pp. 170–173 Routledge, London & New York (2005)
- ^ "Expressway Route 51, Galway - Limerick - Cork". Bus Éireann Expressway. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
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